BlockBefore

Mar Vista, California

50 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Los Angeles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 90066. The Survey maps it on the Beverly Hills quadrangle.

Mar Vista within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1894 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mar Vista, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Mar Vista, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

20 surveys from 50 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

62 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Mar Vista between 2005 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
27 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
18 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
17 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
16 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
11 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Mar Vista: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pacific Beach Mining & Dredging CoGoldPast Producer
Acme Brick Co. PitClayPast Producer
Gladding-Mcbean-Santa Monica PitClayPast Producer
Santa Monica Brick Co.ClayPast Producer
Simmons Brick Co.-Inglewood PlantClayPast Producer
Simons Brick Co.-Santa Monica PitClayPast Producer
Standard Brick Co.-Inglewood YardClayPast Producer
Western Brick Co.ClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Culver Garden0.8 miles44
Cypress Grove1.1 miles44
Del Ray1.4 miles44
Alla1.6 miles44
Machado (historical)1.6 miles44
Venice1.8 miles44
Palms1.8 miles50
Alsace2.0 miles44

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 245482. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.